Educational appliance.



A. H. CAMPBELL.

EDUCATIONAL APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE26, I9I7.

1,Q69,3% Patented June 11, 1918.

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EDUCATIONADAP'ILIANCE.

T01 all whom it mag concern:

= Be 'it'known' tl'lai'fiI,ADA H. CAMPBELL, a

citizen of the UnitedStatesyandresident of Atlanta,: in the county ofFulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new "and nsefulImprovements in Educational LAppliances, of whichithe following isaspeciiication.

This invention relatesto new and useful improvements in educationalappliances,

and the -p'rimary objectfof the=invention is -to provide an educationaldevice including a sortin cabinet which is adapted to develop keen oservation and concentrationinvery young children, and is practically aself-educater. The device is intended for ki-ndergartens, Sundayschools, and home use, and

is very attractive, forming an educational toy, that will be amusingjaswell as educaitional to children.

"Another object of the invention is to pro- 'vide an educationalappliance of this characiscarried out, and the cabinetis provided withmeans for locklng the receptacles therein, when it is desired'totransport the device.

Another object of the invention is to'provide'a device of thischaracterwhichis easily and simply constructed, inexpensivetomanufacture, and one which willbe very efficient in operation. I

With these and numerous other objects in view, my'invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and-arrangement of partswhich will be her'ein're ferred to and more particularly pointed out inthe specification and-claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet; and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the receptacles.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the several drawings inwhich similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a cabinet, which is formed with an open front,and a handle 2 secured on the upper side thereof so to facilitate thetransportation of the same from place to place. The cabinet 1 isprovided Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June ii, i'aie.

- with asupplemental bottom '8 that extends "horizontallyand ispositioned adjacent the main bottom 4. l he inner walls 'of the sides 5of the cabinet 1 are provided with transversely extending verticallyspaced grooves 6 therein, and intermediate the side walls, isa'vertically extending partition 7, that extends between the falsebottom 3 and the top of the cabinet. The oppo'site'walls of thepartition 7 are provided with transversely extending "grooves 8 therein,adapted for alincment with the correspondinggrooves on the inner "wallsof the sides 5 of the said cabinet.

Adapted to be positionedwithin the cabinet, are substantiallyrectangular shaped're "ceptacles 9 which are placed thereinintlwo 1parallel spaced rows, each of the receptacles being provided with*projecting ribs 10 en *the opposite sides thereof, that are adapted tobe positioned in the alining grooves 8 and 6in*the walls of thepartitions 7 {and side -\val1s of the'said cabinet respectively. Thecooperation of these ribs and groovesenables the receptacles to beslidably mounted in the cabinet, insuperposed' rows. A- main receptacle11 ispositioned between the falsebottom 3 and the main'bottom4, saidreceptacle extending entirely across beneath the superposed rows in themain portion of the cabinet. their outer sides whichwhen in position aredisposed in alinement and flush with the open'front of said cabinet,with eyes12 that "are adapted toform handles, said eyes when thereceptacles are in position being disposed in alinement, and adaptedtoreceive locking rods 13 that are formedwith en- 'larged heads 14 ontheir upper ends. The lower receptacle 11 is provided with a .pair"ofeycsdisposed in vertical alinement with the rowsof eyeson the spacedrows of receptacles. A pair of locking rods are provided, said rodsbein'gadaptedto be post "tioned through the eyes, as clearly shown inFig. 1 of the drawings, when the receptacles are all in position,thereby locking the same, the enlarged head 14 being positioned abovethe receptacle and resting upon a supplemental eye 16 that projects fromthe outer face of the upper side of the cabinet. By this lockinarrangement, the slidable receptacles may e securely held in thecabinet, when the same is moved from place to place, without anylikelihood of them sliding therefrom.

The receptacles areprovided on' impossible to obtain miniatures In Fig.2 of the drawings I have illustrated a plan view of one of thereceptacles, the same being substantially rectangular in shape andformed with an open top, and disposed within the receptacle is alongitudinally extending partition 17 disposed parallel with andadjacent one side of said receptacle, and a plurality of transverselyextending partitions 18 extending between the opposite side of saidreceptacle, and the longitudinally extending partition 17. Thisarrangement of partitions is adapted to form a large compartment 19, anda plurality of smaller compartments 20 within each receptacle. Withinthe small compartments 20 are placed, by pasting or painting, indicia21, for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described.

The sorting operation is as follows. A plurality of articles of commonuse for instance garden articles as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings are positioned within the large compartment 19, these articlesbeing miniatures of the conventional size articles as is obvious, andthe indicia 21 in the smaller compartment 20 correspond to thesearticles. The object of the sorting operation is to so 'train the childspower of observation and 30 concentration, that he or she will be ableto pick one of the miniature articles from the main con'ipartment, andplace the same within the small compartment which has the correspondingindicia in the bottom thereof. It is obvious that this may be used forany conventional articles, as illustrated by the signs that are placedon the outer wall of the receptacle. Thus, the child may be taught todistinguish between fruits, flowers, vegetables, dogs and cats, buttons,corn and beans, or any various combination of articles. Where it is ofthe articles, small models thereof or cuts on pasteboard will suifice.Each of the receptacles are numbered and correspond to the number on theouter face of the cabinet for the purpose of properly placing the sametherein.

This type of educational appliance is especially adapted for use inkindergartens it is thought that a clear and comprehensive,

understanding of the construction, operation, and the advantages of myinvention.

may be had, and While I have shown and described the device embodying aspecific structure, I desire that it be understood that such changes maybe made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an educational device, the combination with a cabinet having rowsof superposed receptacles slidably mounted therein, each receptaclehaving partitions to divide the same into a large and a plurality ofsmaller compartments, eyes on each receptacle' adapted to form handlesfor the same, and locking rods adapted to be positioned through saideyes to lock the receptacles in the cabinet.

2. In an educational device the combination with a cabinet having rowsof different size superposed receptacles slidably mounted therein, eachreceptacle having a longitudinally extending partition therein disposedadjacent one side wall and parallel therewith, a plurality of transversepartitions extending from the longitudinal partition to the oppositewall of the receptacle, eyes on the outer wall of each receptacleadapted to form a handle for the same, and locking rods adapted to bepositioned through the eyes when the receptacles are positioned in thecabinet to lock the same therein.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa ture hereto.

ADA H. CAMPBELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, 1 Washington, D. G.

